An early-ripening culinary apple, which cooks to a frothy puree.
Scotch Dumpling apple identification images
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USDA identification images for Scotch Dumpling
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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United Kingdom
- Claire in LANCASTER, LANCASHIRE
- Victoria Birkett in Aberdeen, SCOTLAND
Origins
- Species: Malus domestica - Apple
- Parentage: Unknown
- Originates from: Scotland, United Kingdom
- Introduced: 1949
- UK National Fruit Collection accession: 1949-276
Identification
- Country of origin: United Kingdom
- Period of origin: 1900 - 1949
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Leaf colour: Green
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
Using
- Picking season: Early
- Keeping (of fruit): 2-3 weeks
- Flavour quality: Good
- Flavour style (apples): Sharper
- Cooking result: Puree
- Discoloration of fruit: Oxidising
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
- Food uses: Culinary
- Food uses: Traditional cooker
- Picking period: mid-August
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 2
- Pollinating others: Average
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Fruit bearing: Free-spurring
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cold (< 20C / 67F)
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Scotch Dumpling apple trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Scotch Dumpling apple trees
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